I've been thinking of getting one of them too. Right now I transport cooled wort into the house from the brew shed so sometimes it worries me. I fell last week on my porch when I went out to get the mail, damn happy I wasn't moving wort in a carboy!

I ended up buying a carboy bag from B3. It's much like the BrewHauler but has longer handles and black heavy fabric that covers the carboy. Being a bit weaker than you guys, I found I needed to move my carboy by placing both handles in the crook of my arm (inner elbow) to safely move the full carboy from place to place. I would find it very hard to have one hand on either side of the carboy as in a milk crate or short-handled hauler and try to walk with a full carboy (too dangerous for me!). I contacted the BrewHauler folks about a year ago, however, and they said they could make the handles to any length I specified. When I need to get a new hauler, I plan on going that route as it's a bit cheaper than the carboy bag. I do like the black fabric cover on the bag, though.Gail

Great product! Love 'em. I bought one, measured it, and made a few copies of my own. But with a longer draw strap, as the ones that come with tho original are barely long enough to do a 6.5 gallon carboy. Very simple job.Webbing and buckles are available here:http://www.owfinc.com/

I had trouble with the milk crate. I found I had a hard time holding it by the crate handles. I had one of those large plastic buckets that would hold a 1/2 barrel and ice and use that. The handles are easy to grip and I have no problem getting down the stairs to my fermentation fridge. Those carboy haulers look pretty good and I'd buy one if I could try it out first to see how I like it.

+12 on the milk crate. Just about each of my carboys lives in one - makes it pretty easy to get wort into the basement.I do have a carboy hauler, however, and do indeed like it. The only problem is that I have it on a carboy of mead and have only had to pick it up once or twice. Smart, huh?